The Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí () is a

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located in the city of

Araçuaí Araçuaí () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it. Its population wa ...

in the

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of Diamantina in Brazil. According to biographical information contained in the

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's (VIS) daily bulletins (in the section regarding episcopal appointments) for Wednesday, June 13, 2012,

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appointed the Reverend Father Marcello Romano, a member of the clergy of, and at the time the Diocesan Administrator of, the

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, as the ninth Bishop of Araçuaí. For more information on the then Bishop-elect of this Diocese, please see the two news releases.

History

* August 25, 1913: Established as Diocese of Araçuaí from the Diocese of Diamantina

Bishops

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s of Araçuaí (Latin Rite) ** Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva (1914.03.12 – 1934.05.26), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais **

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, O.F.M. (1937.03.20 – 1956.08.01) **

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(1957.05.25 – 1965.12.02), appointed Archbishop of Paraíba ** Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro (1966.06.27 – 1973.11.10) **

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, S.V.D. (1975.01.04 – 1981.08.18), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo ** Crescênzio Rinaldini (1982.05.10 – 2001.08.08) ** Dario Campos, O.F.M. (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23), appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop ** Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (2005.05.11 – 2011.07.06), appointed Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina ** Marcello Romano (2012.06.13 - 2020.03.25)

Coadjutor bishop

* Dario Campos, O.F.M. (2000-2001)

References

GCatholic.org

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